Son of Nancy Hitchen, of 21, Babylon Lane, Heath Charnock, Lancashire.
Hitchen, Herbert –
Personal details
- Surname: Hitchen
- Forename: Herbert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Heath Charnock, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Heath Charnock, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 21
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 26th, 1916
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 12705
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: August 31st, 1914 - 1914-08-31
- Enlistment location: Chorley, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Horwich 1914-18 Roll of Honour - Horwich Heritage
- Horwich Loco Works (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company) WWI Memorial - Horwich
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company WWI Memorial at Victoria Station Manchester - and also WWI Roll of Honour Book
- CWGC Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
- CWGC reference: Pier and Face 11 A.